The news about Governor Palin’s Yahoo account being hacked presents an interesting use-case for a dynamic KBA solution and gives me the opportunity to clear up a big misunderstanding people have about what [IDology’s] KBA really is.
First, let’s examine how the hacker accessed her email. According to this Wired article:
As detailed in the postings, the […]
One of the great things about CardSpace and the work the Information Card Foundation will be doing is developing how managed cards are going to work in commerce. A good use case is to show an age verified card for situations where you only need to show proof of age — thus limiting the […]
I’m back from the RSA conference and how exhausting. Understandable considering there were 17,000 people at the show—all focused on the security industry.
In case you didn’t see it, we made an announcement during RSA about our partnership with Upek, a biometrics company based in the Bay area. What I find exciting about this partnership is […]
What a month. I’ve been back from DIDW for (almost) three weeks and I still haven’t had a chance to blog about the show (or anything else for that matter).
Overall I thought the show was good. I was very pleased to see that there are a lot of smart people at smart companies […]
Digital ID World (DIDW) is next week in San Francisco and I’m really anxious to attend since I was unable to get there last year (gasp!). Different from the RSA show which is focused on security (with identity being a subset), this conference is completely centered on everything identity – from Identity Management (IdM) […]
It’s here! Our whitepaper pointing out the top 10 common misconceptions businesses have about identity proofing. Here’s a sneak peak.
If you are sitting on the fence wondering about the effectiveness of id verification technologies, then this really is a must read. I’m sure your concerns will be covered since these are the most […]
I commend Second Life on their decision to offer a voluntary verification policy for their members. They are the first big social network to take a step toward adopting this technology.
The way I understand it, if you are a member that has chosen not to be verified you won’t be allowed access […]
A reporter at the Arizona Republic recently wrote a great article about the booming fake document market in Arizona, illegal immigrants, identity theft and how business is about to get even bigger.
The State’s new employer-sanctions law requires verification of worker eligibility through a federal system called the Basic Pilot Program. The system works to […]
According to this article employers have 120 days to determine (and resolve) discrepancies over Social Security Numbers of employees and matching government records or else face a possible criminal investigation and a 25% increase in fines. The effort is to help crack down on employing illegal immigrants.
DHS issued a regulation that will take effect […]
Our friends over at ID Analytics just released a fraud study titled U.S. Identity Fraud Hotspots. The study looks at fraud rates over 2006, as confirmed by businesses not consumer victim reports, and is an update to a report they issued earlier this year which examined identity theft fraud rates by geography from 2005 […]
